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NCLEX Nutrition

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






2. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






3. How many calories/gram is protein?






4. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






5. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






6. What is normal BMI?






7. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






8. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






9. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






10. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






11. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






12. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






13. What are healthy sources of fats?






14. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






15. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






16. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






17. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






18. The higher the BMR a client has --






19. What type of people need extra protein?






20. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






21. What is the function of vitamin E?






22. What is normal albumin levels?






23. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






24. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






25. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






26. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






27. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






28. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






29. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






30. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






31. What function is vitamin D?






32. What foods have high quality protein?






33. Fats can lead to some medical problems






34. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






35. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






36. What does DASH stand for?






37. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






38. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






39. When does BMR increase?






40. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






41. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






42. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






43. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






44. What is the function of vitamin C?






45. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






46. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






47. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






48. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






49. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






50. Where can you get more vitamin D?